By Murray Sherriffs
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The Quebec Liberal Party says that former Quebec Superior Court chief justice Jacques Fournier has been hired to investigate allegations of cash payments made to influence the vote outcome for leader, identify individuals, possible monies paid and the number of votes influenced and submit his report by the end of January.
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Gaby Kazzaz, a partner at Montessori Kiddy Kat says that Quebec’s soon-to-be-extended secularism law (Bill 9), that will ban religious symbols in daycares and across the education system, reaches too far.
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Montreal-area paramedics say that the new dispatch system launched by Urgences Santé is plagued with problems and that they fear patients are being put at risk.
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A Quebec coroner has recommended tougher traffic control measures to protect pedestrians, following the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee three years ago, but Coroner Éric Lépine also says that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the driver’s failure to stop fully at an intersection and the sun that blinded the motorist.
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Unions and community groups gathered at Place du Canada in Montreal have tried to impress the CAQ government with a very large demonstration on Saturday, then it was on to the offices of Premier Legault and Labour Minister Boulet, all in an effort to get them top say no to budget cuts, any anti-union measures and any law that threatens workers’ rights and freedoms.
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This is the day when we are supposed to have winter tires on our vehicles; non-compliance can result in fines up to $300.
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Hydro Québec is seeking permission to charge customers $1.40 for paper bills, come the new year, saying that if everyone went paperless, the utility would save about $12 million annually and might even lower monthly charges.
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Natural Resources Canada says the Earthquake Early Warning System has been expanded, with the network of sensors to provide warning of a potentially serious earthquake in Quebec and Eastern Ontario.
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St. Laurent borough has amended its traffic bylaws and is going after vehicles that have modified mufflers resulting in cars being too loud, mufflers that need repair, screeching tires, motorists who rev up their engines and motorists who play their music too loud. Mayor Alan DeSousa said that complaints received during the recent municipal election campaign has motivated the action.
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Montreal Alouettes players helped distribute gifts during the week-end, and put smiles on the faces of thousands of children whose families need the Welcome Hall Mission’s assistance to get by.
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Those metered-dose inhalers, used by thousands of Quebecers, are extremely polluting. One device can produce the greenhouse gas equivalent of what a motor vehicle can emit on a 290 km journey. The good people at CHU Sainte-Justine and the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute are spearheading projects to minimize the environmental impact, institute a recycling program and develop less-polluting alternatives. In Canada, asthma affects about 10 per cent of the population. It’s one of the main reasons for emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
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Sun / cloud/ minus 5 today
Snow / minus 3 tomorrow
